ADEX closing report

The June contract on the FTSE 20 index was trading at a premium of 0.15 pct in the Athens Derivatives Exchange on Wednesday, with turnover at 52.564 million euros. Volume on the Big Cap index totaled 13,912 contracts worth 40.563 million euros, with 34,231 short positions in the market.
Volume in futures contracts on equities totaled 30,287 contracts worth 12.001 million euros, with investment interest focusing on National Bank’s contracts (11,843), followed by Eurobank (1,950), MIG (992), OTE (1,572), PPC (929), Piraeus Bank (3,874), GEK (1,318), Alpha Bank (3,705), Marfin Popular Bank (1,325), Mytilineos (601) and Hellenic Postbank (477).

Foreign Exchange rates – Thursday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank:
U.S. dollar  1.462
Pound sterling 0.890
Danish kroner  7.566
Swedish kroner 9.022
Japanese yen  118.87
Swiss franc  1.236
Norwegian kroner  7.847
Canadian dollar 1.415
Australian dollar 1.361